Chow chow is easy to cook, kootu consumes very limited oil and it is good for digestion too. We can have this Kootu just with hot rice with a few drops of ghee..
Wash the fresh chow chow neatly. Use a peeler to remove its skin..
Be careful while removing since this vegetable contains small thorns. Chop the Chow chow into small cubes.
Grind Cumin seeds, Coconut, red chilli into a smooth paste. We can add little water based on the requirement. Take a pan add 1 tsp of oil.
After oil is heated add Mustard seeds and Urad dhal. When it start to splutter. Add a pinch of hing and curry leaves. Now add the cooked dhal and the ingredients grinded.
After it gets boiled and the awesome aroma comes switch off the knob...